Count Dooku from Attack Of The Clones, aka Francisco “Pistols” Scaramanga fromThe Man With The Golden Gun, aka Ian Fleming’s relative and veteran film star, Christopher Lee, is just one of a number of actors starring in both the Bond and Star Wars film franchises. The Spy Who Loved Me was one highlight of these doubled-star experiences….

The list of more prominent appearances includes:

Julian Glover (“Kristatos” in For Your Eyes Only and “General Veers” in The Empire Strikes Back)
Garrick Hagon (“Submariner” in The Spy Who Loved Me and “Biggs” in A New Hope)
Bruce Boa (“Air Force General” in “Octopussy” and “General Riekan” in The Empire Strikes Back)
Shane Rimmer (“Sub Commander” in TSWLM plus small roles in several other 007 films and rebel technician who asks Luke Skywalker if he “wants another R2 unit” before the climatic battle in A New Hope)
Jeremy Bulloch (“Smithers” in For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy and a “sub crew member” in TSWLM and the deadly “Boba Fett” in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi)
Christpoher Lee (The Man With The Golden Gun in the film of the same name and Count Dooku in Attack Of The Clones and the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode III)

Sounds like a Bond Weekend 2003/Star Wars convention to us! –Robert Baum with Matt Sherman

MALIBU, Calif. (Reuters) – Sean Brosnan, the 16-year-old son of actor Pierce Brosnan, remained in a California hospital in serious condition on Sunday after the sport utility vehicle in which he was riding plunged over an embankment on Saturday, the California Highway Patrol said.

The young Brosnan was taken to a local hospital after the predawn accident and operated on for a broken pelvis, a possible fractured vertebrae and a ruptured bladder, CHP Officer Frank Sansone said.

The driver of the SUV, James Hall, 19, a cousin of Brosnan, was charged with felony drunken driving, but was not jailed because of ongoing medical treatment, the highway patrol said.

Hall told police he lost control of the 1982 Chevrolet Blazer when he tried to avoid hitting a rock. The vehicle then plunged over an embankment on a private road in the Malibu hills.

Four other teen-agers, several of whom the CHP said had been drinking, were in the car at the time of the accident and suffered minor injuries. Only Brosnan was hospitalized.

Pierce Brosnan, best known as the latest actor to play James Bond, was at his Malibu home when the accident occurred at about 3:45 a.m. PDT (6:45 a.m. EDT/1045 GMT) on Saturday. He raced to his son`s side and accompanied him on the helicopter ride to the hospital. The Irish-born actor lost his wife, Cassandra Harris, Sean`s mother, to ovarian cancer in 1991. He is engaged to be married to Keely Shaye-Smith.

NEW YORK Reuters- James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is planning a smooth segue from Her Majesty`s Secret Service to the CIA.

He is set to star in and produce “Burnt Sienna,“ a project based on an upcoming novel from David Morrell, whose “First Blood“ tome hatched the Rambo series.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, for whom Brosnan has starred in three Bond films as well as last year`s hit remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair“ snagged the rights in a preemptive six-figure deal.

Brosnan will play a former Marine pilot who leaves the service to become an artist in Mexico. When he turns down a commission to paint the portrait of the wife of a top arms dealer, the painter finds his quiet life turned upside down by the scorned dealer. He soon joins a CIA mission to bring down the villain.

The character is almost a mix of Rambo and Bond, an American who`s more rugged and gritty than the suave British secret agent.

Brosnan is an accomplished painter and art collector, which helped him spark to the book. The tome will be published by Warner Books next spring.

A writer will be hired quickly in hopes of making the picture right after Brosnan completes work in director John Boorman`s “Tailor of Panama,“ a Columbia film based on the John Le Carre bestseller. The negotiations aren`t complete, but Brosnan expects to make that his next starring effort.

“Tailor“ centers on a British intelligence operative in Latin America who manipulates a crisis that leads the U.S. to invade Panama and nullify the Panama Treaty.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has postponed his wedding, due to take place next weekend at Ballintubber Abbey in Ireland`s County Mayo, because his son has not fully recovered from a car accident.

“His son Sean is not well enough to travel the six hours it takes to get to Ireland so they`ve had to postpone the ceremony. There was always a question mark over it,“ an official from the abbey, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.

Irish-born Brosnan, who hails from the town of Navan, northwest of Dublin, planned to wed fiancee Keely Shaye-Smith at the 800-year-old abbey and hold the reception in nearby Ashford Castle.

His 16-year-old son was badly injured last month when the sport utility vehicle he was riding in with several friends veered off a private road in the hills above the scenic Malibu coast in California.

Sean Brosnan suffered a broken pelvis in the accident but is expected to recover fully from his injuries.

Brosnan lost his first wife, Cassandra Harris, Sean`s mother, to ovarian cancer in 1991. He has another son by Shaye-Smith.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Pierce Brosnan, Irish star of the James Bond movies, will be honored by his hometown of Navan next week, the town`s council said Wednesday.

“We all admire Pierce and we wish to honor him for his many achievements in film and television… I think it`s fair to say he`s Navan`s most famous son,“ Council Chairman Paddy Fitzsimons told Reuters.

Brosnan, whose latest outing as British spy 007 is in “The World is Not Enough,“ will be accorded civic honors and a reception in Navan on November 11.

 Brosnan, 47, was born and grew up in Navan, a small town 30 miles northwest of Dublin with a population of around 18,000 people. The town is the butt of Dublin jokes, immortalized by a hapless backwoods radio character called “Navan Man.“

Fitzsimons said Brosnan, who still has relatives living in the area and whose cousin Donal Reilly has been dubbed 006 by locals, had paid private visits to the town.

“He`s been observed walking the town but we mind our own business here. If a man wants to walk the town, we let him do that,“ Fitzsimons said.

Bradford, England. It’s not exactly a place one would think of when imagining the fast paced life of a globe-trotting secret agent. In fact, I’d be quite surprised if you could even imagine Bradford in any context. However, the city is home to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television which is currently hosting the only Eon-sponsored James Bond exhibition in the world.

The exhibition opened to the press on Friday, March 22nd with an official opening to the public on Saturday, March 23rd. Hopes were high from fans and press alike for what was to be the first official James Bond exhibition since 1997.

As one entered the museum through the revolving glass doors, there sat the “most famous car in the world,” James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 from GoldenEye. On the opposite side of the legendary car sat a video screen that offered fans a glimpse of the fabulous car in action—just a taste of what was in store for us Bond fans.

Upon entering the exhibit on the third floor (or UK second floor), visitors were handed a specially designed swipe card that could be to used to access information located on sporadically placed computers. Information such as cast and crew biographies, behind-the-scenes footage, and interviews could all be accessed from the computers depending on which section of the exhibit you were in. There was also a challenging trivia question or two that needed to answered in order to access certain information. Of course, the difficulty of the question depended on what type of agent you selected on being at the beginning of your “mission” (general agent, agent, or special agent).

Besides the computer portals that could be found throughout the exhibition, there were a few other interactive things that were particularly interesting. Located halfway through the exhibition, the curators have built a “green screen room,” in which willing fans can latch onto a section of Golden Gate Bridge cable and re-enact the death of Zorin from “A View to a Kill”! Friends and family can witness it all happen by watching video screen on the outside wall of the room. The second interactive feature was towards the end of the exhibit. It was a room that was built to look like the nuclear reactor of a submarine. Fans could enter and take their place at one of three control stations and play around with all of the gadgets and levers. The object was to keep the submarine from having a nuclear meltdown. Unfortunately, anyone that was lucky enough to have me at the station next to them was doomed.

Readers will notice that I have yet to mention the props, costumes, and other Bond things on display, and there is a good reason—there aren’t many Bond items on display, and what Bradford has was somewhat oddly chosen. I went expecting to see a bunch of rare and cool stuff, but ended up finding things like the exact same costume designs from TWINE that were copied and offered as special edition “prizes” in the UK Special Edition Bond DVDs. I can look at those anytime I want to at home! Why didn’t they choose costume designs that we have never seen like those from “Thunderball,” “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” or “The Spy Who Loved Me?”
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One of the most bizarre areas was the section that featured poster art. Anyone that owns Tony Nourmand’s The Official 007 Collection James Bond Movie Postersbook, or has ever been to a video store before will have seen these posters. I happen to have a lot of the posters that were featured in the section, like the six foot “Tomorrow Never Dies” poster of Brosnan, Hatcher, and Yeoh that was used for promotion in video stores, for example.

Admittedly, the exhibition does have some pretty cool and rare stuff, too. Things like storyboards from “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” James Bond’s passport from “The Living Daylights,” the faberge egg from “Octopussy,” and Cafe Martinqué menus from “Thunderball” are all scattered throughout the exhibition just waiting to be admired by the dedicated Bond fan. One of my favorite sections from the exhibition is the “Villains” section, which is decorated like Scaramanga’s Fun House from “The Man with the Golden Gun.” The only thing missing is the honky tonk rendition of film’s theme song that should have been playing in the background!

It was a fun little exhibition, overall, but I think the curators focused too much of their attention on the interactive side of the exhibition and not enough time showcasing actual items from the Bond films. The Bond props became second banana to the interactive stuff. Bond fans come to see the props and drawings more than they come to play a trivia game, however challenging it may be. In spite of it all I still give the exhibition a ‘B,’ because it was a whole lot of fun!

For more information about the James Bond Exhibition in Bradford shoot on over to their website at nmpft.org.uk/bond.

–Jordan Charter is co-editor-in-chief of 007Forever.com.

LONDON (Reuters) – The austere stone walls of London`s High Court were shaken but not stirred Monday by the rousing strains of the James Bond theme, as a libel battle began over who actually wrote it.

Since the 1960s, the catchy tune has led the soundtrack in a string of action movies about the suave British spy.

Award-winning composer Monty Norman, 72, is suing the Sunday Times over an October 1997 article attributing the bulk of the soundtrack to John Barry rather than him.

The article claimed the tune owed nothing to Norman except for a snatch of a much-altered melody line, his counsel James Price said.

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And it had suggested Norman was a “non-entity,“ describing him as “little known.“

Price told the jury Norman had composed the soundtrack for Dr. No, the film which provided audiences with the debut of the James Bond theme, and had won four awards in recognition of his musical work.

The hearing continues.

We noticed during a re-airing of the NBC miniseries “In The Beginning,” not less than five Bond stars making key role appearances!

Steven Berkoff, General Orlov in Octopussy, played Potiphar, the slave owner whose wife tries unsuccessfully to seduce the biblical Joseph

Jacqueline Bisset who made her first onscreen appearance for Casino Royale is now old enough to have portrayed Sarah, matriarch of the Jewish and Arab peoples

Christopher Lee played Rameses, “The Pharaoh With The Golden Empire” to turn a phrase

Diana Rigg of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service portrayed Rebecca, Issac’s wife

Art Malik, who was Kamran Shah in The Living Daylights played the Pharoah of the Exodus.

–Any resemblance between the legacy of James Bond 007 and that of the Holy Bible is purely coincidental.

LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Britain`s Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual head of the world`s 70 million Anglicans, is worried by the plans of a group of teenagers to stage a James Bond-style Nativity play in his diocese.

The play, “Secret Angels,“ is a modern production of the traditional Nativity story and portrays angels as Bond-style 007 special agents dressed in black, the Times said on Tuesday. “It is without doubt the most unusual Nativity play I think has ever been staged anywhere,“ a spokesman for Archbishop George Carey told the newspaper.

He said Carey had “expressed his concern“ about the play.

But the director, Alis Vile, who plans to stage “Secret Angels“ in St Mary Bredin Church, Canterbury on December 19th, defended the production.
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“People should realise that angels are not fairies. The Bible makes it clear that they are carrying fiery swords,“ said Vile, a regular church-goer.

But she denied the production would include angels brandishing guns.

“There was a suggestion that the angels would be armed like 007, but there will be no gun-toting on stage,“ she said.

Timothy Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales on Mar 21 1944. He is the first actor from Wales to portray 007, although he is part Irish and Italian as well. Timothy, and his family did not stay long in Colwyn Bay. Dalton`s childhood was in Manchester, Eng. He first got into acting because of both his grandfathers were involved with vaudeville. He continued to love the stage and joined the National Youth Theatre for 3 summers, and eventually found his way to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for 2 years. He finally got his first leading role while at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Dalton burst onto the big screen for the first time in 1968 with The Lion in Winter, which pit the future star against big name talent, such as Peter O`Toole, Katharine Hepburn and Antony Hopkins.

By 1970, Cubby Brocolli had his first meeting with a young Timothy Dalton. Almost instantly, Cubby, not wanting to ever make another George Lazenby-like mistake asked Timothy if after Diamonds Are Forever, would he like to become James Bond, in 1973! Although only Dalton and Brocolli know exactly what was said, apparently this was his reply: “No one follows Sean
Connery. He is James Bond.”

It was left at that for at least 9 years. Dalton hit the stage, doing television and movies; essentially anything he pleased. He costarred with future Bond sidekick Topol in the 1980 sci-fi film “Flash Gordon” as Prince Baron. Throughout the years Broccoli courted Dalton and his interest in returning the Bond series to a more serious tone, much like the novels. His big break finally came in 1986 when Pierce Brosnan, who was the front runner for the role of Bond, was unable to take the role. Broccoli turned to Dalton, who was, at the time, filming “Brenda Starr” with Brooke Shields (he played the character of Basil St. John). Dalton said yes, and immediatetly the writers got to work reshaping a script filled with gags and throw away lines originally written with Roger Moore in mind.

To impress Brocolli, Dalton went to every bookstore he could find and bought most, if not all, of Fleming`s books in an effort to humanize James Bond. In 1986, shooting his first Bond movie, `The Living Daylights`, many thought that he would be the man who could carry Bond into the 1990`s. Dalton`s portrayal of Bond was that almost dead on to the writings of Fleming and was a step back 25 years to the Bond of Dr. No and From Russia With Love. `The Living Daylights` was a hit in 1987, making more than $250 million world-wide. And, like any sucessful movie, instantly, there was talk of another in the line of Bond movies.

In 1988, Dalton once again started work on a new Bond film, this time in the sweltering heat of Mexico. `Licence to Kill` would prove to be his last film, though no one at the time knew this. The movie had a hard edge and Dalton`s performance was dead on, but audiences weren`t impressed with the movie. The film debuted at number four at the box office, by the second week tumbling to the number seven position, and by the third week was out of the Top 10 altogether. While the movie didn`t tank worldwide, it was a huge disappointment in the United States, and many began to blame Dalton`s portrayal of Bond as the reason. While it may not have been to everyone`s taste, Dalton was not the problem. Neither was he the answer.

Legal troubles for financially barren MGM studios, Bond`s lifelong film partner, proved to be overwhelming. In an effort to avoid having the Bond franchise devalued, EON began litigation to protect it`s interests, a court battle which lasted several years. In 1992, there was talk of using Fleming`s last remaining title, “Property of a Lady”, with Whoopi Goldberg, then Dalton`s girlfriend, as Bond`s nemesis; but eventually that fell through. . By the time the legal mess was sorted out, both sides, Dalton and EON, agreed to move on. In April 1994, Dalton officially resigned the role, citing an 8 year association with the role as being long enough. He never wanted for work. While distancing himself from James Bond, he was busy filming his role as Rhett Bulter in the film “Scarlett”, the sequel to “Gone With The Wind”.,

Dalton is still amazed at the power of 007,even 10 years after his last Bond movie, and two movies at that. Dalton is very quiet about his personal life. He is currently living with the mother of his two year old son, and has been linked in the past with a few of Hollywood`s leading ladies. He claims not to have had any regrets over leaving the James Bond series and has since added the role of Julius Caesar to his resume in the ABC mini-series “Cleopatra.”

Born: 3/21/1944
Colwyn Bay, Wales England

Sean Connery was born August 25th, 1930 in Edinburgh Scotland, as Thomas Sean Connery. A school drop-out at age 13, Connery spent much of his teen years in libraries, reading and living out his dream acting on stage. By the time he had made it into his twenties, he was a model, body builder and chorus singer in many TV and movie roles. In 1957, he made his motion picture debut in `Action of a Tiger`, as a little known actor.

In 1959, he also composed one of his own numbers for the movie `Darby O Gill and the Little People`, which also featured his unknown singing talents.

By 1960, the search to find the actor to play James Bond had been started by Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and Ian Fleming. Depending on who you talk to, it was either Saltzman or Broccoli`s wife, Daniella or Jaqueline who discovered Connery on a trip to the local cinema.

Phone calls were made and eventually they got Connery to a meeting. In the meeting, the two producers simply asked Connery to do a screen test. Connnery, married to his first wife at the time and without steady work made a bold stance. “I`ll be 007 without a screen test!” And that was that. Considering the competition to play Bond(which included Roger Moore, Patrick Macnee, Cary Grant and even David Niven), the move could have been taken as career suicide.

But, fortunately for Connery, the two producers, and Fleming agreed to sign him. The convincing factor was, however Terrence Young, who was the man who Connery should have thanked for the role. Shooting for Dr. No took place in Fleming`s home country of Jamaica in early 1962. Connery made $125,000.00 US for the part. The shoot was challenging, but nothing compared to the famous scene between 007 and a tarantula; Sean Connery is arachniphobic. He did the close-ups of his face on a sheet of glass, and the look of fear was very real.

Almost back to back, Connery, and the producers stamped out two more Bond pics: From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. In 1963, Connery was busy at work in non-Bond projects, including Alfred Hitchcock`s “Marnie”.

But by 1964 when Goldfinger opened, Bond was all the rage. He quickly donned the suit and Walther PPK of 007 once again in the UA released/Kevin McClory produced Thunderball. Thunderball made an enormous amount of money, but he felt that he was going to soon be type-cast as a spy/secret agent, and in 1967, quit the role.

Once he had shed the role of 007, he reunited with Bond girl, Honor Blackman for `Shalako`, a film about European aristocrats. In 1969, the year of George Lazenby`s only Bond movie, he didn`t have a movie released, and was spending more time towards his favorite passion, golf. As everyone remembers, his classic golf match from Goldfinger was the starting line for Connery with the game. He currently still plays the sport, even winning pro-ams with professional senior players.

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But, with the end of Bond, came the end of his first marriage. His wife was publicly humilated when reports of her husband being seen with many of his leading ladies. He had a son, Jason with his first wife. Later in the seventies, Sean remarried, to the woman he is with today.

Connery finally shed all doubt about him playing 007 in 1974 when he played Col. Arbuthnot in the screen version of Agathia Christie`s `Murder on the Orient Express.`. He also impressed audiences in `The Man Who Would Be King` In 1976, he returned to another famous action hero, this time as Robin Hood in `Robin and Marian`, which reunited him with another Bond star, Robert Shaw. Now, totally non-involved with the role of Bond, he began to get roles like that of `Pierce` in Micheal Chricton`s `Great Train Robbery`, where he was a stylish British thief involved in the world`s first train robbery.

In 1983, he made an unremarkable return to Bond in the Warner Bros/Kevin McClory renegade movie, `Never Say Never Again`. When the movie failed, he vowed never again to play Bond.

Other roles in movies like `Family Business`, `Rising Sun`, `Dragonheart`, `The Russia House`, and others would follow, but in 1988, Connery finally got the respect of his peers when he won an Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his work as a Chicago police officer in `The Untouchables`. Many thought that Connery would finally turn towards serious dramatic work, but now in the last ten years, he has done anything but that. He played Harrison Ford`s father in the third Indiana Jones movie. Steven Spielberg has since said about the movie: “When casting Indy`s father, we all thought that only one man on Earth could play him, correctly, James Bond!”

In the 1990`s he has slowed his pace down, but when he does make a movie, they are action/adventure films. This started with the `Bond-esque` adventure movie `The Rock`(where he played a Britsh Spy locked up on Alcatraz during the 60`s), and the recent `Avengers`. In the last few years, Connery has turned his hand towards producing stage plays and earlier in 1998, won a Tony award for a play he and his wife produced.

After over forty years in the business, Thomas Sean Connery will probably go down in movie history with the likes of John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Orson Welles and many others, for a fine career. Probably the most ironic thing about Connery was in 1992, he was voted the World`s Sexiest Man, something he recieved at age 62, not something that would have been fitting nearly thirty years earlier.

Born: 8/25/1930
Edinburgh, Scotland

Born in South London on October 14, 1927, Roger George Moore was not the strongest boy in the neighbourhood. Struggling with illness, the son of a policeman soon developed a quick-fire wit to counter his lack of physical prowess. A far cry from the opulence of Bond`s world, his father`s meagre Metropolitan salary ensured that the families treat was the now-common baked beans on toast.

Moore`s lower-middle-class roots, however, didn`t keep him from following his dreams. After being briefly evacuated to Worthing, in Sussex, England, Moore returned to London just before Dunkirk and entered a central school where he was finally able to pursue his first love of sketching and art.

The young artist`s first step onto the road that would lead him to take up the Walther PPK happened at the age of 15 when Moore was offered a job in an animated film business. Although he would ultimately be fired from his position, the role taught him vital lessons about editing and direction, skills that would become of great use later in his career.

After parting company with his animating employers, Moore strapped on a toga as an extra in in the 1946 film Caesar and Cleopatra, unaware that the insignificant role would lead him to enter the doors of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he stayed for a day. Call up papers cut short his budding career and after a brief tour of duty in the Army where he achieved the rank of Acting Captain, Moore returned to the real world of being a struggling actor.

The next few years saw Moore working for the BBC before moving to New York to work in live television and onto contract work for MGM studios. Hired as a pretty boy support actor, Moore was soon to become disenchanted with his Hollywood, leaving MGM after Diane, a poor film in which he suffered an injury suited in armour as the King of France. The return to England brought better fortune as Roger landed the role of the Saxon crusader in 13 episodes of The Adventures of Ivanhoe in 1957. Moore`s television career would continue two years later with The Alaskans under contract to Warner Brothers before he was forced to take over James Garner`s lead role in Maverick. Unhappy with the role, Moore went AWOL. On the day he was scheduled to report to wardrobe, Moore instead went gambling in Las Vegas.

Thankfully, the actor was more content with his next role, a part which would make him an everyday name. From 1962 to 1968 Roger Moore was Simon Templar, the rogue adventurer with an eyebrow that went into overdrive and a libido to match. During this time, a certain Cubby Broccoli would repeatedly consider him for the part of Ian Fleming`s James Bond, an idea which found favour from the man with the Golden Typewriter himself, although nothing would come of the suggestion over the next few years. After the final episode of The Saint aired, Moore continued to work in television in Lew Grade`s The Persuaders, playing Lord Brett Sinclair opposite Tony Curtis. The series failed to achieve big ratings when scheduled against Mission: Impossible and Moore was released from his five year contract to ITC.

The timing was perfect. Sean Connery had announced in 1972 that he would no longer don the tuxedo of James Bond and Eon Productions began the search for someone new to play the super-agent. After considering future Sherlock Holmes Jeremy Brett and veteran actor Julian Glover, later to become villain Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only, Broccoli once again turned his attention towards Moore. So it was that, on Saturday 14th October 1972, Roger Moore spent his 45th birthday as the suave Double-0 agent, fighting the mosquito hordes in a Louisiana swamp.

For an entire generation of 20-somethings Roger Moore was James Bond. Although the agent was a long way from Connery`s early performances, many believed that Moore perfectly captured Fleming`s original vision of the Etonian dropout who would go on to save the free world time and time again. Ironically, the films themselves would continue to move away from the literary Bond as the producers repeatedly stuck to a winning formula and sent the Commander into one outlandish mission after another. Moore himself had trouble seeing himself as the action man. After relinquishing the part, Moore would quip, “It was hard to believe in myself as a hero; in truth I found it rather insane to leap out of aeroplanes and all that.”

After finally passing the torch onto Timothy Dalton, believing that Bond was becoming a rather unattractive dirty old man, Moore would continue to act in lesser film roles. As the years passed the performer would face cancer as well as numerous rumours in the scandal sheets concerning his marriage and relationship problems.

Most recently, Moore`s work with UNICEF, the international organisation committed to helping children world-wide, has caught the public eye. Introduced to the charity by Audrey Hepburn, Moore has become its champion, loyally pledging his time to help raise funds for its work in the third world.

With his film career now restricted to cameos such as a voice over in Val Kilmer`s 90s update of The Saint and the Spice Girls` manager in their merchandising movie, Moore picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award at the second annual Palm International Film Festival`s Grand Gala in early 1997

On the subject of whether he will follow his predecessor`s example of returning to the Secret Service, Moore continually replies with the self-deprecating humour which has become his trademark, claiming that there is not even the remotest chance of him sipping Martinis again, “unless they have 007 in the geriatric division!”

Born: 10/14/1927
London, England

There could hardly have been a more beloved actor than the delightful “Q”, Desmond Llewelyn, who was a favorite for several generations of 007 fans. An American charity is set to help remember Desmond Llewelyn`s legacy.

Mr. Llewelyn was a “rare breed” of gentleman whose personal and family life matched his sweet and cheerful on-camera persona. The world of James Bond has lost a giant and precious ambassador, who was never too busy to meet with a fan for a personal visit, sign an autograph or promote in any way the legacy of the James Bond films.

007Forever, in conjunction with an American charity, is working to help remember the legacy of Desmond Llewelyn. Mrs. Llewelyn is an Alzheimer`s sufferer, and gifts are being given in Mr. Llewelyn`s memory and collected for the Alzheimer`s Association. Courtesy copies of fans` cards, remembrances or wishes accompanying gifts, will be delivered to the Llewelyn family as well.

A spokesperson for the Alzheimer`s Association said, “I personally am a huge fan and have enjoyed the James Bond films for many years, reading all the Ian Fleming novels as well. No matter who played Bond himself onscreen, Mr. Llewelyn was the perennial favorite in the James Bond movies, as everyone knows, and the volunteers of the Alzheimer`s Association appreciate Bond`s fans everywhere remembering Mr. Llewelyn and his family in this precious way.”

The Alzheimer`s Association mission is to “provide leadership to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research, while enhancing care and support services for individuals and their families.”

Please send your cards, letters, and remembrances, along with gift payments, made payable only to “Alzheimer`s Association” to:

ATTN. “Q BRANCH” GIFTS OF REMEMBRANCE
ALZHEIMER`S ASSOCIATION
1831 NW 13 ST STE 4
GAINESVILLE FL 32609
USA

We will update you at 007Forever with news on this special tribute to a dear friend of every Bond fan. On behalf of the many volunteers of the Alzheimer’s Association, thank you in advance for your generous gifts.

Please send any inquiries regarding this special tribute to Desmond Llewelyn to: “Q Branch” gifts.

Pierce Brosnan was born May 16, 1953 in Navan, County Meath, Ireland. He moved to London as a boy; in a cosmic coincidence, he has said it was on August 12, 1964-the day Ian Fleming died. The first film he saw in a London cinema was “Goldfinger”, and it obviously left a lasting impression.

Like one of his predecessors as 007, Roger Moore, he studied art and worked as a commercial artist before acting, and worked for a time on the British stage. One of his early roles was in Tennessee Williams` play “The Red Devil Battery Sign”, for which Williams himself selected Brosnan. It was during his early days as an actor that he met actress Cassandra Harris, whom he would marry in 1977. He moved into films with roles in “The Mirror Crack`d” and”The Long Good Friday” in 1980. He accompanied Cassandra to Greece as she filmed her role as Countess Lisl in “For Your Eyes Only”. According to legend, someone spotted Brosnan hanging around the set and asked Cubby Broccoli who he was. Broccoli is said to have responded, “I don`t know, but if he can act and speak with an English accent, he`s our next James Bond.”

After a featured role in the miniseries “The Manions Of America”, his first widespread popularity came with the “Remington Steele” TV series, and it was the “Steele” producers who cost him his first shot at 007 when they resurrected the cancelled show in 1986 hoping to cash in on the publicity of his being cast in “The Living Daylights”. Eon withdrew their offer to Pierce,and Timothy Dalton accepted the Walther PPK for two assignments.

Brosnan has since starred in “The Fourth Protocol”, “The Lawnmower Man”, and “Mrs.Doubtfire”, among other films, but during that time had put his acting career second for awhile, as he attended to Cassandra`s needs during her battle with ovarian cancer-a battle she tragically lost after four years on December 28, 1991. Brosnan threw himself back into his work, juggling it with the now daunting task of being a single parent to Christopher and Charlotte, Harris` children from a previous marriage, and Sean, the child they`d had together.

Along with”The Deceivers”, “Mister Johnson”, “The Lawnmower Man”, and “Mrs. Doubtfire”, he did several TV films, including a dynamite against-type role in “Don`tTalk To Strangers”, and an adaptation of “Robinson Crusoe” which, although shot before “GoldenEye”, has yet to see release (his recent success has prompted Miramax to consider releasing it to theaters instead-at this rate it may suffer the fate of Dalton`s “Brenda Starr”, which was filmed before Dalton began work on “The Living Daylights”).
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Born: 5/16/1953
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We wanted to share with you some fan remembrances following the service held for Bond’s champion ambassador, Mr. Desmond Llewelyn, on March 27:

“Very sad news…it is wonderfully appropriate what the fans are doing.”

“Strangely, and I hate saying this, somehow I knew months back that if I didn’t write Desmond with a photo request, that it would be too late, the longer I waited. And what a way (near the holidays no less) for the legacy to end. Just a week before our loss, I was happy hearing that Desmond was not retiring from the Bond films. We are all bereaved.”

“It was such sad and stunning news. Such an adorable and beloved man! But all of us fans won’t ever let him be forgotten, and that’s some comfort.”

“I received Mr. Llewelyn’s autograph on a copy of his biography only a few minutes before I heard the announcement that stunned the world. It was ironic to receive the blessing of his lovely book so close to his passing. He always was willing to meet and go beyond any fan’s request for an autograph, an interview or even a pleasant lunch together at his home or in London for any fan visiting the UK. He will be sorely and always missed.”

“It is an immensely sad time for all of us, and even fans who did not know Mr. Llewelyn feel a personal loss for this dear man.”

“I just want it to be known that it was great that a lovely memorial service was done for Desmond Llewelyn. He had been acting in the James Bond movies since 1963, and continued to do so into his eighties without the slightest lack of devotion. He is one of the most enjoyable things about the Bond series and should have already gotten more achievement awards. Whenever he was interviewed, he displayed the same kind of charming personality that Q embodied.”

“I was sorry to hear of Desmond Llewellyn’s death. I was hoping he would survive to see the new millennium for James Bond. I am also sorry I never got the chance to meet him. He sounded much more sociable and appreciative of his fans than any other Bond actor. All I have to say is: Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace).”

Michael G. Wilson has enjoyed a long association with the record-breaking James Bond film franchise.

He first earned his producing stripes as the executive producer on MOONRAKER and went on to serve in the same capacity on FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY. He produced (with Albert R. Broccoli) A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENSE TO KILL and with his step-sister Barbara Broccoli GOLDENEYE, TOMORROW NEVER DIES and THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. Wilson`s creative contribution to these films extends beyond his producing duties. He also co-wrote the screenplays for many of the aformentioned adventures.

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Lindy attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art studying stage management and design. Upon graduation she took work in the Open Space Theatre and the Hampsteadd Theatre Club.

In 1985 she worked on the highly acclaimed “My Beautiful Launderette” with Daniel Day Lewis and “84 Charing Cross Road” with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft. Other noteable credits include “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, “Blood and Wine”, “Goldeneye” and “Tomorrow Never Dies”. Her work was extremely well received for “The World Is Not Enough”, including the gowns and dresses she created for Sophie Marceau.

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LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran actor Desmond Llewelyn, who played gadgetry expert Q in a string of James Bond films, died in a car crash on Sunday.

Llewelyn, 85, was driving home from a booksigning to promote his autobiography in East Sussex, south of London, when his car collided head-on with another, police said.

“Mr. Llewelyn suffered massive multiple injuries. He was airlifted from the scene and, along with two others, was taken to hospital, where he died,“ a Sussex police spokeswoman told Reuters.

Llewelyn co-starred with all of the five Bonds in 17 of the 19 Bond films, including the latest, “The World is Not Enough.“ He made the part his own, becoming an institution almost better loved than Bond himself.

He first appeared in the 1963 film “From Russia With Love,“ with the first of his gadgets, a booby-trapped suitcase.

But Llewelyn himself hated contraptions.

“I loathe gadgets,“ he admitted at a promotion for the latest Bond movie. “They always go wrong. I`m just hopeless with gadgets.“

Of the five actors to play Bond, Llewelyn picked Sean Connery as perfect in the part.

“George Lazenby played it straight and well. Roger Moore was much lighter and more jokey. It was a rather camp portrayal, with a lot more emphasis on humor, but it worked,“ he said.

“Timothy Dalton was Ian Fleming`s Bond — a real character. His confidence and surliness were straight from the books. It was brave but people didn`t like it.“

And of current 007, Pierce Brosnan, he said: “He is extremely good. He has the right look and manner.“

Llewelyn`s character was due to be retired from Her Majesty`s Secret Service and written out of the Bond films.

Signing off in “The World is Not Enough,“ he will be replaced by sidekick R, played by John Cleese.

Q was never a character in the Fleming novels — though in the first Bond book, “Casino Royale,“ it is `Q Branch` that supplies 007`s gadgets.

When work started on the film version of “From Russia with Love,“ Llewelyn was offered the role of the equipment expert, and audiences clamored for more.

Q`s character solidified into one of rattled impatience and quiet desperation and the scripts were generous with witty one-liners.

But the role remained little more than a bit part, though with the gadets becoming even more important accessories than the Bond women, Q became the best-loved role.
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“What you saw in the films is what he was. He was a kind, very lovable man, and as a father he was great,“ Llewelyn`s son Ivor told Sky Television on Sunday.

“He always wanted to be an actor, from about age 16. He had some opposition from his parents so he tried being an accountant but wasn`t cut out for it — so he went to RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) when he was 20.

Llewelyn, the son of a Welsh coalminer, was alone in the blue Renault Megane when it crashed.

The two others hurt in the accident, a 35-year-old man and his female companion, were still in hospital with minor injuries.

“Weather wasn`t a factor in the accident,“ the police spokeswoman said, declining to comment on a possible cause of the crash.

Llewelyn endured five years as a prisoner of war in Germany during World war Two.

He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Pamela, mother to his two sons. She has Alzheimer`s disease and lives in a nursing home.

Born in South Wales, UK in 1914, Desmond Llewelyn had a career in the Arts that spanned nearly 60 years, yet was best known for his role as “Q” the gadget man in 17 of 19 Bond films. But if it weren`t for a bit of luck along the way, Desmond may never have been as famous as he is today.

His family was opposed to his interest in theater and tried to prevent him from pursuing that course. An uncle who was a high ranking police officer arranged for Desmond to take the department`s physical exam. He flunked the eye test, he felt because the inspector was drunk with a hangover. He didn`t get the job. He was accepted to RADA (Royal Academy for the Dramatic Arts) in the mid 1930s. The outbreak of World War II stopped his acting career temporarily, and Llewelyn went to fight, eventually becoming a prisioner of war by the Germans.

After the war, Llewelyn was intent on reviving his career. He had a small part in Cleopatra which filmed in Rome. There, he became part of a repatory theater group who were on “call”. If producers had an urgent need to fill a role, Desmond could be counted on. All totaled, Desmond figured he did nearly 50 plays a year back in his theater days.

Luck again played a part in the progression of his career when the original “Q”, Peter Burton, was unavailable to reprise his role in From Russia With Love. Llewelyn, who knew the director, Terence Young, from a film they had worked on together called “They Were Not Divided”, got the call to play “Q”, a role he`s had ever since. The only time he didn`t play Q was in “Live and Let Die”. There are conflicting stories about why, but the most prevalent one is that the producers wanted to tone down the emphasis on gadgets. Fans howled for his return.

Most people would think that with all of Desmond`s accumulated knowledge of gadgets that he`d be good with the real thing. But he`s not. “I`m not very good with gadgets. I really am not” said Llewelyn. “In the undergrounds [subways] in England, you have this ticket that you push into a machine, it comes out and the barrier opens. Well, 10 to 1, mine always sticks! I don`t know why. I watch and everybody goes through and I don`t and then people say, `Well, I thought you would be able to make it work` .

With the enormous success of the Bond series, Desmond`s biggest fear came true: typecasting. “It`s not just the general public, but it`s the directors, casting directors, and everybody else. I`m absolutely stuck as Q and nobody thinks I can do anything else. After all, I am an actor…but I can`t get anybody to realize that.”

Desmond counted among his favorite Bond films License To Kill (because he had his largest role ever) and Tomorrow Never Dies (he made the most money he`s ever made on a Bond film). Desmond counted among his best fans the Germans; “The Germans are absolutely terrific. They sold a million copies of GoldenEye on video there, and eventually they gave me a video Oscar, what for , I don`t know. The Germans are mad about Bond. They really are.”

Desmond was notorious among the Bond family for being the worst at remembering his lines. He once told The Incredible World of 007 “On For Your Eyes Only, I was having difficulty with my script-as usual! John Glen came up and said : “We have a good idea. We`re going to put in a new bit-can you learn this quickly?” I looked at it and said “For God`s sake, this is complicated gibberish! I couldn`t possibly learn all this in time” He said, “Of course you can” I spent the whole of lunch trying to study this bloody stuff and when I finally said I thought I knew it, John and Roger burst into laughter. Roger always took full advantage of my difficulty in learning lines.”

Desmond had spent the past few years basking in the rejuvenation of the Bond series. He filmed a commercial for Playstation`s video game version of Tomorrow Never Dies. He flew to California to promote License To Thrill, the new 007 theme park ride at Paramount. He joined Pierce Brosnan and Jay Leno on The Tonight Show to promote Tomorrow Never Dies, and came back out to California to attend the premeire of The World Is Not Enough. He attended various Bond conventions around Europe and America, as well as book signings of his autobiography. Mr. Llewelyn will be missed not only by family, but millions and millions of fans and well wishers worldwide.

Born in South Wales in 1914, Desmond Llewelyn has a career in the Arts that spans nearly 60 years, yet is best known for his role as “Q” the gadget man in 16 of 18 Bond films. But if it weren`t for a bit of luck along the way, Desmond may never have been as famous as he is today.

His family was opposed to his interest in theater and tried to prevent him from pursuing that course. An uncle who was a high ranking police officer arranged for Desmond to take the department`s physical exam. He flunked the eye test, he felt because the inspector was drunk with a hangover. He didn`t get the job. He was accepted to RADA (Royal Academy for the Dramatic Arts) in the mid 1930s. The outbreak of World War II stopped his acting career temporarily., and Llewelyn went to fight, eventually becoming a prisioner of war by the Germans.

After the war, Llewelyn was intent on reviving his career. He had a small part in Cleopatra which filmed in Rome. There, he became part of a repatory theater group who were on “call”. If producers had an urgent need to fill a role, Desmond could be counted on. All totaled, Desmond figures he did nearly 50 plays a year back in his theater days.

Luck again played a part in the progression of his career when the original “Q”, Peter Burton, was unavailable to reprise his role in From Russia With Love. Llewelyn, who knew the director, Terence Young, from a film they had worked on together previously called They Were Not Divided and got the call to play “Q”, a role he`s had ever since. The only time he didn`t play Q was in Live and Let Die. There are conflicting stories about why, but the most prevalent one is that the producers wanted to tone down the emphasis on gadgets.

Most people would think that with all of Desmond`s accumulated knowledge of gadgets that he`d be good with the real thing. But he`s not. “I`m not very good with gadgets. I really am not” says Llewelyn. “In the undergrounds [subways] in England, you have this ticket that you push into a machine, it comes out and the barrier opens. Well, 10 to 1, mine always sticks! I don`t know why. I watch and everybody goes through and I don`t and then people say, `Well, I thought you would be able to make it work` .

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Desmond counts among his favorite Bond films License To Kill (because he had his largest role ever) and Tomorrow Never Dies (he made the most money he`s ever made on a Bond film). Desmond counts among his best fans the Germans; “The Germans are absolutely terrific. They sold a million copies of GoldenEye on video there, and eventually they gave me a video Oscar, what for , I don`t know. The Germans are mad about Bond. They really are.”

Desmond was notorious among the Bond family for being the worst at remembering his lines. He once told The Incredible World of 007 “On For Your Eyes Only, I was having difficulty with my script-as usua! John Glen came up and said : “We have a good idea. We`re going to put in a new bit-can you learn this quickly?” I looked at it and said “For God`s sake, this is complicated gibberish! I couldn`t possibly learn all this in time” He said, “Of course you can” I spent the whole of lunch trying to study this bloody stuff and when I finally said I thought I knew it, John and Roger burst into laughter. Roger always took full advantage of my difficulty in learning lines.”

Desmond has spent the past few years basking in the rejuvenation of the Bond series. He filmed a commercial for Playstation`s video game version of Tomorrow Never Dies. He flew to California to promote License To Thrill, the new 007 theme park ride at Paramount. He joined Pierce Brosnan and Jay Leno on The Tonight Show to promote Tomorrow Never Dies. He also attends various Bond conventions around Europe and America, and has confirmed that he will be back in the next James Bond film. Faulty memory and all.

Born: South Wales, England

Bruce Feirstein is the co-screenwriter of “Goldeneye” and “The World is Not Enough”, as well as head writer for “Tomorrow Never Dies”. He`s enjoyed a multifaceted career as a writer in books, magazines, webzines and film.

Before “Goldeneye”, Feirstein may have best been recognized for his book: “Real Men Don`t Eat Quiche” or “Nice Guys Sleep Alone”. His editorial contributions have appeared in a wide ranging and diverse group of publications such as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Spy, The New Repubcli, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, TV Guide and Salon.com

His television credits include writing and producing a one act play entitled “The Best Legs in Eigth Grade”, writing and producing the syndicated show “Monsters”, co-producing Mr. President and guest writing on NBC`s “Saturday Night Live”.

Barbara Broccoli is the head of development for Danjaq and has also worked in the production and casting departments at Eon Productions for a number of years. Though “Goldeneye” marks her first film as a producer, Broccoli has previously worked in different capacities on earlier Bond films. She was an assistant director on “Octopussy” and “A View to a Kill” before moving on to Associate Producer responsibilities with Tom Pevsner on “The Living Daylights” and “Licence to Kill.”

Prior to starting her career, Broccoli earned her degree from Loyola University in Los Angeles, California, where she majored in motion picture and television communications.

GoldenEye marked her first film as a producer on the Bond films and she has gone on to co-produce Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. She is currenty preparing for the next James Bond film.

Barbara owns her own independent production company, Astoria Productions. In her downtime from Bond, she has produced “Crime of the Century” for HBO, a fact based television drama that covered the Lindbergh baby kidnapping ordeal. It was nominated for four Golden Globes, including Best Film or MiniSeries made for Television.

Albert R. Broccoli, often referred to as “Cubby”, was the longstanding patriarch of the Bond series before his death in 1996 due to natural causes. Actors, writers, directors, stage hands come and go but no one else had been involved with Bond from the beginning the way Cubby had.

Cubby Broccoli, along with his initial producing partner Harry Saltzan, early on saw the potential of Ian Fleming`s novels to be turned into thrilling big screen adventures, even when studio heads weren`t so sure. Even after Saltzman relinquished producing duties in 1975, Cubby Broccoli kept the series moving full steam ahead, during difficult times, when many people felt Bond films had run their course.

In 1982 he received the Irving G. Thalberg Award in recognition of his outstanding lifetime achievement as a motion picture producer. He was introduced to the audience by Roger Moore. In 1987 he was honored with an Order of the British Empire and named Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. He is survived by his wife Dana Broccoli.